Former Husker tight end Ben Cotton excelled on the field and as a volunteer.

Photo Courtesy Scott Bruhn/NU Media Relations

Courtesy: NU Media Relations

04/08/2013

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Rex Burkhead and Ben Cottonlead the 21-member 2013 Brook Berringer Citizenship Team that will be honored about 20 minutes before Nebraska’s annual Red-White Spring Game at Memorial Stadium Saturday. Burkhead, a running back, and Cotton, a tight end, have won four consecutive Berringer Awards. Joining them are four teammates who also have completed their eligibility – wide receivers Taylor Dixon and Steven Osborne, tight end Kyler Reed and offensive lineman Seung Hoon Choi. All six display a similar love and dedication for volunteering in the community through Nebraska’s nationally recognized Life Skills program.

The Brook Berringer Citizenship award is named in honor of the former Husker quarterback who died in a plane crash in 1996 after helping lead Nebraska to back-to-back national titles in ’94 and ‘95. Berringer’s statue with Tom Osborne is located in front of Memorial Stadium’s north entrance. Osborne, Nebraska’s Athletic Director Emeritus and Berringer’s coach, will help present the 2013 honorees. Brook’s sisters, Drue and Nicole, and other members of the Berringer family, will assist with the presentation.

McDermott also will be presented the seventh annual Cletus Fischer Endowed Scholarship, presented annually to a Nebraska football player who has 1) demonstrated a high level of athletic and academic achievement; 2) has completed both his academic eligibility and undergraduate studies; and 3) has plans to attend graduate school. McDermott was a key contributor at tight end last season and was a 2012 Academic All-Big Ten selection.